CDC Says Schools are Safe but Biden Continues to Ignore Science Doctors
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We ran the numbers: There are 6195 news articles covering this topic. 24% (1519) are left leaning, 39% (2405) are center, and 37% (2271) are right leaning.
While the CDC assessed that schools can safely reopen, Biden has not yet committed to reopening them. Left-leaning articles highlight that the Biden administration will soon begin collecting monthly data schools to find out how they have been affected by the pandemic, while right-leaning articles highlight that former Trump White House Director of Strategic Communications Alyssa Farah said the Biden administration is hypocritical for dismissing the CDC’s guidance for re-opening schools.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that the Biden administration will soon begin collecting monthly data from 7,000 U.S. schools to find out how they have been affected by the pandemic. Researchers and school officials have been calling on the federal government to gather this information, as they say it would provide evidence on how schools can navigate outbreaks.
The Hill published a centrist article reporting that the CDC said that vaccination of teachers is not a prerequisite for schools to reopen. Throughout his presidential campaign, Biden said he would choose “science” over fiction but does not seem to be doing so in this situation.
The Washington Time published a right-leaning article highlighting that former Trump White House Director of Strategic Communications Alyssa Farah said the Biden administration is hypocritical for dismissing the CDC’s guidance for re-opening schools. Farah said that the Biden administration is “politicizing” the decision and holding it off “purely because of pressure that Democrats are receiving from teachers unions.”
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The Washington Time